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What Is The Cause Of King Tut's Death

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When Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun in 1922, he moved some of the king’s bones. According to Matthew Shaer, a Smithsonian novelist, “This fracture appears different from the many breaks caused by Carter’s team: it has ragged rather than sharp edges, and there are two layers of embalming material present inside, (Shaer). Furthermore, the embalming material shows that this wound was during his life. In addition to the ragged edges of the fracture, the new research stated from Smithsonian Magazine, show that this was the cause of King Tut’s death. As stated by National geographic’s novelist, A.R. Williams, “ A true CT scan was performed in 2005 under the direction f Zahi Hawass, the head of Eygpt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The
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